Troopers: Woman threw coffee in road-rage fit

Updated 11:39 am, Monday, March 26, 2012

TYRE — Angered by a tailgating driver, a Guilderland woman hurled a cup of coffee at a motorist Saturday night on the Thruway, State Police said.

The incident unfolded in Seneca County, where Danielle Barker was riding in a car near the town of Tyre, troopers said.

A car behind Barker was trying to pass the car she was traveling in, but the driver would not change lanes and let the car through, troopers said.

When the cars eventually passed one another, Barker, 32, rifled a cup of coffee at the other car, police said. The coffee went through an open window and landed on a passenger in the other car, troopers said.

Police pulled over the car Barker was traveling in and charged her with criminal mischief and harassment.

The driver of the other car was ticketed for following another vehicle too closely.